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Thursday, May 20, 2010

This may have happened to you. Take Veterans Day, Martin Luther King Day, Presidents Day - or any other holiday observed by your child's day care but not observed by most of the private companies. If both, you and your spouse, work and you have not arranged for a babysitting, you are facing a puzzling day. Could you manage? Assume that your child sleeps 10 hours at night and naps 2 hours during the day. You and your spouse each need 8 hours of sleep in order to function responsibly. Is it possible for you to split the day so that both, you and your spouse, will each squeeze a full 8 hour working day and split childcare?

Yep, this works! While I wouldn't say that it is easy to manage throughout these working holidays and I wish there would be a uniform work/holiday schedule across jobs and schools, this is manageable as Katrina beautifully demonstrated. 5th puzzle point for her.

all three go to sleep at the same time.mom and dad wake up after 8 hrs of sleep.16 hrs left in the day.mom watches kid for 8 hours while dad works for 8 hours.8 hours left in the day.then, dad watches kid for remaining 8 hours while mom works for 8 hours.

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My name is Maria Lando. I am a parent, a wife, a friend, an occasional cook, a shopper, a gym member, a world traveler, a regular working mom who is trying to balance everything and enjoy life with the help of humor and mathematics.Read more ...